Strong dialogue! Manchester City wants to win the Champions League and start a good start, and must hold Mr. 75 million euros on the bench

In the early morning of September 19, the first round of the first phase of the 2025/26 Champions League continued. Manchester City, coached by Guardiola, will face Serie A champion Napoli led by former captain De Bruyne at home. This game is a truly powerful dialogue.

The first official game of the season, Manchester City beat Wolves 4-0 away and made a good start, but then lost to Tottenham 0-2 and was reversed by Brighton 1-2 and suffered two consecutive losses. In the Premier League Manchester derby last weekend, Manchester City, which had no way out, ended its losing streak with the outstanding performance of center Haaland and new goalkeeper Donaluma. However, Manchester United's current strength obviously greatly reduces the value of this victory. And the contest with Naples in the early morning tomorrow is the real test for Manchester City.

As the defending Serie A champion, Naples signed strong players such as De Bruyne, Hoylen, Bickma, Noah Long and Lorenzo Luca in this summer, and their strength has been further improved. In the first three Serie A games, Conte's team won three consecutive victories in Sassuolo, Cagliari and Fiorentina, ranking first in the Serie A standings and is still the biggest favorite to win this season. As the core of the midfield, former Manchester City captain De Bruyne also scored 2 goals in three games, showing his outstanding strength. In addition, Hoylen, who was loaned from Manchester United, also scored goals in his debut back to Serie A.

In a word, this is a Serie A giant with bad visitors. Manchester City must put out 12 points to have hope of winning. But in order to win a winning streak, Guardiola must make a decision, which is to press 75 million euros new player Reindez to the bench. Otherwise, Manchester City will have more dangers. Many Manchester City fans probably disagree with this view. Because the 27-year-old Dutch international midfielder had just won the team's best player in August, he was shocked by his first away game against Wolves with four goals away from home in the Premier League. His goal in that game also won the August Best Goal Award. Manchester City's new sporting director Viana also highly commented on the Dutch international midfielder, believing that the latter will become a very important player for Manchester City in the next few years.

However, Reindez's excellence only stays in the battle with the Wolves. In the following three Premier League rounds, although he continued to start, his performance was mediocre. Reindes even wasted an excellent single-on-one opportunity in a 3-0 victory over Manchester United. It should be noted that his three shots ranked second in the team among Manchester City's five midfielders, second only to Haaland.

Simply put, Reindez is a person with a strong desire to score but is very lazy on the defensive end. This can be seen from his average of only 1 steal, 1 top and 0 interceptions per game in the four Premier League games. When Rodri was unable to defend and intercept after a serious injury, if Reindes, who mainly played in the No. 8 position, only rushed forward, Manchester City's midfield defense would become very fragile, which was already very obvious in the Manchester City derby. Rodri almost conceded the ball after several pressures.

By the way, the period when Reindez had the best personal data in AC Milan last season was also the darkest moment with Milan's worst record. He relied on tactics to suck blood and exchanged his amazing data of 15 goals and 4 assists in 54 games, and also received a big contract from Manchester City, who was hungry.

However, Manchester City's current offensive and defensive transformation and organizational sorting are inseparable from Rodri, so it is imperative to give him a bodyguard, but Reindez obviously can't do it and does not want to do this job. Facing Naples led by former captain De Bruyne, if Manchester City continues to reuse Reindez, something big will probably happen. If Guardiola wants to win, he will press this tactical vampire on the bench. He is just a little useful to abuse the vegetables.